Based on his Instagram posts, Elton John loves the Olympics. Plus, one of his business ventures, Rocket Sports, works with Olympic athletes on marketing endeavors, so it’s no surprise that the Rocket Man wants to keep the Olympic flame burning a little longer even though the Tokyo games just finished. John is the executive producer […]

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage in the U.S. thanks in large part to the more-infectious Delta variant, Billboard is catching up with individuals we interviewed at the beginning of the crisis to see how they’ve weathered the past year. This installment is with Shelleylyn Brandler, the owner of Ta-Da! Catering in Los Angeles,

Bonnaroo and the multiple-city Breakaway Festival series have teamed up with social impact-focused digital platform Propeller to raise awareness for important social causes via a fan-friendly sweepstakes. For Bonnaroo, one lucky fan and a guest will win a chance to join Foo Fighters for a secret VIP experience at the sold-out festival, Sept. 2-5, 2021, in Manchester,

Heels, which debuts Sunday (Aug. 22) on Starz, follows wrestling brothers Jack and Ace Spade as they battle over their father’s legacy in and out of the ring. The series, which stars Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig, needed an appropriately gritty main title theme, which the show’s composer Jeff Cardoni took on with Band of

Dick Clark Productions, which is part of MRC’s Live & Alternative division, is bringing on Fonda Anita as their new executive vp of production. She’ll join the company’s leadership teams and be responsible for physical production for all of DCP, which is currently in pre-production for the 2021 American Music Awards. “As we look to

Chimbala (real name: Leury José Tejeda Brito) has dropped the official music video to his single “Bisturi,” premiering exclusively on Billboard today (Aug. 13). Named after a scalpel knife used for surgery, the track is about people who’ve had surgical transformations. “The last time I saw you, you didn’t look like that,” says the chorus.

Cardi B has signed a publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music (WCM), Billboard can confirm, moving the hip-hop superstar’s catalog over from Sony Music Publishing. The news, first reported by Variety, brings Cardi B’s recording and publishing under the Warner Music Group umbrella, as Cardi has been signed to Warner Music Group’s Atlantic Records since 2017.

After playing a pair of standards shows with pal Lady Gaga at New York’s Radio City Music Hall last week and then cancelling his planned 2021 solo tour dates earlier this week, Tony Bennett’s son/manager Danny revealed that the pop icon has officially retired from the road. Bennett was slated to play shows in New York,

Jennifer Hudson hit The Late Show on Thursday night (August 12) to give host Stephen Colbert and house band leader Jon Batiste an Aretha Franklin singing clinic while revealing what the soul icon sang to her in their final conversation. JHud, who was hand-picked by Franklin to star in the new biopic Respect, also stuck around

Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson is the latest musician to open up about testing positive for COVID-19 after being vaccinated. Dickinson, 63, postponed the final two shows on his U.K. spoken-word tour earlier this week after there was a coronavirus case in his “immediate household” and after beginning a government-mandated 10-day quarantine at home the